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Kitty Cavanah has been fighting for her children ever since they left Dublin in 1848. 
 
Their life in Ireland feels like a lifetime ago, and now, settled in Blackburn Kitty continues to fight for a better future for her family. 
 
With her daughter, Agnes, settled and married, Kitty must focus on her youngest children and their dream of making it across the sea to America, and a better life. 
 
She may only have a few shillings to her name, but Kitty never gives up on fighting for her a better future for her family, and working her way up in the mills of Blackburn could be the making of her fortune.

Love, Lies, and Survival: The Unforgettable Conclusion to the Cavanagh Family series! 
Will Kitty and her family break free from the mills of Blackburn and seize their chance at a new life in America? 
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It’s been several years since Kitty Cavanagh’s life was turned upside down when her family made the perilous journey across the Irish Sea to Blackburn and she became a widow. 
After facing near destitution she’s finally making enough to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. 
Until, that is, the day she is out rag collecting and finds a bag of coins – coins that turn out to be counterfeit – and Kitty soon finds herself caught up in a police investigation. 
If found guilty, Kitty could end up losing everything she’s worked so hard to protect. 
Questioned by charming Constable Westwell, Kitty doesn't know if she can really trust him. Dare she open her heart to him? 
But will the truth damn, or save, her? 
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Readers love The Cavanah Family Series 
‘A really sad story but one of survival through the hard times. The determination of Kitty made a very enjoyable read’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘What a story, full of hardship for a family of Irish immigrants, proving that above all Family is everything, as it should be!’ 5 ***** Reader Review 
‘A wonderful story’ 5 ***** Reader Review

Libby Ashworth writes sagas set in Lancashire, England where she was born and brought up. 
 
 
Libby still lives in Lancashire and is passionate about its history. She can trace her direct ancestors back to the village of Whalley in the Middle Ages. Many of her ancestors worked in the cotton industry - first as home-based spinners and hand loom weavers, and later in the mills of Blackburn. It is their lives Libby has drawn on to tell her stories. 
 
 
 
Libby also writes under the name Elizabeth Ashworth.

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